Hammerfist OS v1.0.0

We maintain what AI built.

Hammerfist Studio
An independent software studio

We build software.
We keep it running.

Hammerfist is a small team of engineers. We design, build, and maintain web software for founders and small teams — one flat monthly fee, no surprises.

Flat monthly pricing
Senior engineers only
No surprise invoices
codebase-audit.sh
$ hammerfist audit --repo client-app
Scanning 847 files...
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✗ CRITICAL Payment cart destroyed on order init
✗ CRITICAL Auth tokens exposed in client bundle
✗ HIGH PDF generation blocking main thread
⚠ MEDIUM No CI/CD pipeline detected
⚠ MEDIUM Heroku config vars unencrypted
──────────────────────────────
8 issues found. Generating report...
✓ Report delivered. Retainer activated.
✓ Monitoring live. You're covered.
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Uptime: 99.98%
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Software is hard.
Finding good people to build it is harder.

You need real engineers.

Not freelancers who ghost. Not agencies that quietly hand it off to someone in another timezone. Actual humans you can talk to, who know your code, and who'll still be around in six months.

You shouldn't be the bottleneck.

Running the business is a full-time job. Debugging your own product at midnight isn't part of the deal. You need a team that handles the code so you can handle everything else.

That's exactly why we exist.

Stuff we work with every day
Ruby on RailsRemixNext.jsNode.jsLaravelReactFly.ioHerokuCloudflareBrevoStripePostgres
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Question 1 of 6

How was your platform built?

Do you have uptime monitoring set up?

When did someone last review your codebase?

Do you have a CI/CD pipeline?

If your platform went down right now, who would fix it?

How often do you update your dependencies?

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out of 100

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We'll read your actual code and write up what's working, what's at risk, and what it'd take to fix. Not a generic score — real notes from a human.

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THE PROCESS

How it goes
when we work together.

CALL

Start with a 30-minute call.

Tell us what you're trying to build, or what's already breaking. We'll get on a call, look at your code if you have any, and figure out together whether we're a good fit. No slides. No pitch.

WRITTEN

We send you something useful in writing.

If you have code, we read it and write up what's working, what's at risk, and what would actually take time to fix. If you're starting fresh, we sketch out an approach. Either way, you get a written document you can keep.

AGREE

We agree on the scope.

We send a flat monthly retainer with the work clearly defined. Stripe handles billing on the 1st. Onboarding takes 3–5 business days. One contract. Nothing buried in the footnotes.

BUILD

We get to work.

We build, ship, and maintain. You get a monthly summary written by a human. Slack works. Email works. You can talk to us when you need to.

Before Hammerfist

  • Chasing strangers on Upwork at midnight
  • Googling your own error logs
  • Re-explaining your app to a new dev every 3 months
  • Losing sleep when something breaks
  • Paying $200/hr for emergency fixes you didn't budget for

After Hammerfist

  • One team that knows your codebase cold
  • Things fixed before they break
  • Real engineers shipping real work
  • A monthly summary written by a human
  • Flat fee. No surprises. Ever.
THE FOUNDERS

Small team.
Senior engineers.

Evan Hammond

Evan Hammond

Software Engineer Lead

Evan does the building. He's the one in the code, shipping features and tracking down whatever's broken. Spends most of his time in Rails, Remix, and Cloudflare.

Michael Howey

Michael Howey

Product & Client Lead

Michael is the person you'll talk to most. He sits between what the code needs and what the business needs, and makes sure neither one gets ignored.

When something needs more hands, we bring in engineers we've worked with before. We don't subcontract to strangers.

FAQ

Questions people actually ask us.

Yes. We build new things and we maintain things that already exist. If you're starting fresh, we'll help you scope it, ship the first version, and stick around to keep it running. If you've got something half-built, we'll pick up where the last team left off.

If it runs on the web, we can probably help. Most of our work is in Rails, Remix, Node.js, React, and Laravel. If your stack is unusual, tell us on the first call — we'll be honest about whether we're the right fit.

Additional work beyond your included hours is billed at $150/hour, invoiced separately at month end. We'll always flag it before we go over — no surprise charges, ever.

By default, no — included hours reset monthly. That's what keeps pricing flat and predictable. Higher-tier clients can add an Hour Rollover add-on (+$300/month) to bank up to 7 unused hours into the following month only.

We usually get on a first call within a week. Audits start within 48 hours of that call. Retainer onboarding takes 3–5 business days after we sign.

A freelancer is one person who can disappear at any moment. We're a small team with documented processes, clear SLAs, and people you can actually reach. We know your code, we stick around, and we're accountable month after month.

GET STARTED

Your project deserves
better than Upwork roulette.

Book a free 30-minute call. Tell us what you're trying to build — or what's already breaking — and we'll be straight with you about whether we can help. No pitch. No pressure.

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